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temporarily broadcasting from Santiago de Chile. In Spanish politics the

Center Left Socialist Party has demolished the traditional conservative

popular party and checked the risk of a major far-right surge.

But meanwhile, the once very plausible seeming dream of an insurgent radical left gaining power has faded and fast.

The Socialist Party's recovery is a rare example of Social Democratic Center Left parties holding on to power and relevance.

Meanwhile, the Left Party Poldemos has run out of steam, while left mayors in Barcelona and Madrid suffered painful

losses.

As the popular party has foundered, the far-right Vox party has emerged as a real force in a country that had been

considered a rare exception to the nationalist surge sweeping Europe. And

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